Curtain bracket



Jan. 29; 1924. 1,482,166

H. A. THORDOX CURTAIN BRACKET Filed oct. 22, 1921 Patented Jan. 29,1924.

- UNITEDrsi-A'rrsr HARRY'A. THORDOLOCERAGO, ILLINOIS.

CURTAIN BRACKET. y

applicati@ med october 22, 1921. Y semaine. 509,661.

To all whom/t may yconcern .f

Bey it knownV that I, HARRY A. THoRDoX,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county ofCook and State s of Illinois, have invented certain ynew and usefulImprovements in Curtain Brackets, of

which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to curtain brackets and has for one of its objectsthe provision of a simple and efficient curtain bracket or holding meanswhich can be easily and quickly attached to a window casing, or thelike.

A further object is the provision of a curtain bracket of simpleconstruction and which can be produced at low cost.

Other objects will appear hereinafter. An embodiment of my invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of thisspecification, and in which- Fig. 1 is a ragmental front view of awindow construction having brackets embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a .top view of my improved bracket;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the same; and

Fig. 4 is a rear end view of said bracket.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, I have provided a curtain`bracket comprising an elongated flat plate 5 having a hook portion 6 atone endA adapted to receive a spring curtain retainer 7, as indicated inFig. 1, or any other desirable means upon which the curtain issupported.

The plate 5 is bifurcated at one end providing prongs 8Ywhich areadapted to be driven into portions of the window casing 9, as indicatedin Figs. 1 and 2. The prongs 8 are disposed at substantially rightangles to theplate 5 and 'preferably have their remote edges parallelwith each other. Their adjacent edges are preferably inclined towardeach other, as clearly indicated in Figs. 3 and 4. These prongspreferably have their sides parallel so that when being driven into thecasing they will have maximum holding power.

On one side of plate 5 is a short plate 11 having one end portion 12turned up at right angles thereto and parallel tothe prongs 8 providingashoulder adapted to cooperate with the prongs in supporting thebracket. It will be apparent that a pull onhook 6 will tend tocrock theplate 5v around the corner of the vcasing 9 about a point at thejuncture of plate 5 with the shoulder 12. By forming the prongs 8 asabove indicated a uniform thickness of the material thereof is had inthe direction radiating from a ypoint at the juncture between plate 5and shoulder 12. This makes a construction in which the prongs havegreater holding power than if the sides of 05 the prongs were taperedtoward each other.

Also, providing'the prongs with their remote edges parallel tends tohelp hold them in the casing against the particular strains produced bythe pull of the curtain on hook 6.

The plate 11 may also be provided with a hook 13 upon which a secondcurtain retainer 7 may be mounted. It will be apparent that this hook 13may be dispensed with when so desired.'

I have indicated plates 11 and 5 as being connected to ether by rivets14, but any other desira le fastening between these plates may be had.

I have described but one bracket, but it will be understood thatonebracket will be used at each side of the casing, as indicated in Fig.1, and the curtains 15 supported from said brackets. A second pair 86 ofbrackets may be attached to'intermediate parts of the casing 9, as alsoshown in Fig. 1. The hooks 6 of these brackets may be used to supportthe cord 7 sometimes used at the bottom of the curtains 15 and the hook13 used to support a sash curtain, not

- shown, when desired.

I claim i l. A curtain bracket comprising an elongated lat plate; a hookyat one end of the plate; a pair'ot window casing engaging prongs at theother end of said plate a short plate attached to the elongated plate; ahook at one end .of said short plate;r and c a shoulder at the other endof said short plate. f l

2. A curtain bracket comprising an elongated plate; a hookat one end ofsaid .elongated plate; a pair of window casing engaging prongs at theother end of said plate disposed at right angles to the latter, saidprongs being pointed and the remote edges thereof being parallel; ashort plate attached to the elongated plate with one end portion of theshort plate providing a shoulder disposed parallel to said prongs;

and a hook at the. other end of'lthe" short' v i operate With thelatter; a hook on the'short plate.

3. A curtain bracket comprising'an elongated flat plate having Yone endbifuroated providing sharp prongs disposed at right Vangles to the plateand having theirfremote edges parallel; al hook at the other end of saidplate; a short plate disposed against an intermediate part of the`elongated plate, one end portionlof theshort plate being disposedparallel to said prongs andl iproviding'a shoulder a'dapted lto o0-plate adjacent the hook onV the elongated plate; andnrivetsseclrlringsaid plates together.

In testimony whereof I have signed myV name to this speeiioation on this20th day of 0ctober, A. 13.1921

HARRY A. THoRDoX.

